farri Posted March 16, 2023 Author Posted March 16, 2023 59 minutes ago, Garfly said: Especially when they're also Rock Stars! (see lower right) Well I`ll be!!! a blast from the past. From top left! Bob Harris, Cecil Anderson, Gordon Bradley! bottom left, Geoff Yelaska and Franco Arri! a band I put together, 60 years ago, when I was 15 years old, that we called, 'The Crew', very popular at the time. Franco. 3 1
farri Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 Happy New Year, everyone! Just letting everyone know I`m still going strong, the Drifter is still in Demand and they just keep coming, wanting to experience Drifter flying, with me... I took up several people over the Christmas period! These guys are two of them. Fred is an airline Captain! He learnt to fly, with Peter Reid, in the Drifter at kooralbyn Valey, at 15 years of age! He has flown the A320, A330, B787 and currently flies the B747. Stephen is a Helicopter pilot, who flies workers out to oil rigs, off West Australia. Andrew Dunning, a facebook friend of mine, whom I`ve never met, gifted me the T-shirt and a mug, with the same design on it. Franco. Ps, I`ve just paid my Drifter Rego, for another year. 9 6
farri Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 Just some more guys, who wanted to experience Drifter flying with me, over the Christmas holidays! Alex is in the Royal Australian Air Force! He told me it was the most exhilerating flight he`d done! Being in the breeze, feeling free, did it for him. Lauren is a medical Doctor! Said she`d deffinately do it again! Amelia, Happy as! and Yes! I did make reference to Amelia Earhart, to her, and she did know of Amelia Earhart. Franco Ps, It`s the joy that those who fly with me in the Drifter experience, that keeps me wanting to do, what I do. Facebook 7 4
Blueadventures Posted January 26 Posted January 26 4 minutes ago, farri said: Just some more guys, who wanted to experience Drifter flying with me, over the Christmas holidays! Alex is in the Royal Australian Air Force! He told me it was the most exhilerating flight he`d done! Being in the breeze, feeling free, did it for him. Lauren is a medical Doctor! Said she`d deffinately do it again! Amelia, Happy as! and Yes! I did make reference to Amelia Earhart, to her, and she did know of Amelia Earhart. Franco Ps, It`s the joy that those who fly with me in the Drifter experience, that keeps me wanting to do, what I do. Facebook Fantastic as usual. You should be the airman of the year. Cheers. PS I'm at Kurrimine the first 2 weekends and the week between again this year. Weather was all over the show this year so must do the catch up like we planned last year. 5
Stuart Perkins Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Hey mate, how's it going ??? Well very reluctantly I have decided to sell my two amazing Super Drifter 912s, as you know I operated very successfully my tourist seaplane operation and after 10 years have decided to call it a day and am involved in another aviation project ( watch this space !!) I have one on full amphibious floats and the other on straight floats, both full lotus. The aircraft have been meticulously maintained and look new still. They have full service history and are in tip top shape and ready to find new homes, if any here is interested they can reach to me ( or you) for more details, I have attached a couple of pics below. The aircraft are currently in the Philippines and operate from fresh water only, no sea. I also have a 2017 Challenger and a P&M Quik 912s flexwing ! Cheers Stu 3
farri Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 Hey Guys! Stuart Perkins, is a fb friend of mine! Known him for quite a while now! You can reach Stuart on fb here, Facebook or Email [email protected] Franco. 4 1
planedriver Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Love to see your posts Franco, with just so many you have given some flight experience never to be forgotten to. Well done mate, you are a legend! 3 4
farri Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 On 13/02/2025 at 9:03 PM, planedriver said: Love to see your posts Franco, with just so many you have given some flight experience never to be forgotten to. Well done mate, you are a legend! Thank you! Very much appreciated! In the back seat is Alex, the guy from the RAAF, who`s photo I posted earlier! https://youtu.be/YVMLbucgJBA 2
farri Posted April 14 Author Posted April 14 (edited) Hey Everyone! The lady in the back seat is, Sameena! Sameena and her husband, JaGa, recently move to our area and are currently operating the Astron Twinrivers-United Roadhouse, at Deeral. I offered to to take both of them flying, to show them our area and experience the Drifter and they accepted! I`ve also taken JaGa, flying. https://youtu.be/oentbji3sXY Edited April 14 by farri Typo 9
farri Posted April 19 Author Posted April 19 On 18/04/2025 at 11:07 AM, facthunter said: Hi Franco. Keep it up. Best regards. Nev Hi Nev, as long as possible! best regards to you also. Franco. 2
Methusala Posted Wednesday at 07:30 AM Posted Wednesday at 07:30 AM Well, we flew Cootamundra to Holbrook for the Easter fly-in. Good weather and a decent roll-up of approx 50 aircraft, everything from Cirrus to RV's to Thruster T 500 and a sole Drifter. A sizeable coterie of die-hard Wheeler Scout enthusiasts celebrated the 50th (can you believe?) anniversary of this historic birthing of ultralight aviation in Oz. Sadly the wind made demonstration flights unwise, so none happened. The large range of historic types in the museum's collection, on display prompted various reactions ranging from nostalgia to horrified disbelief (there was even a Pteradactyl, one of which I once owned). Oz Runways presented a comprehensive summary of the almost bewildering range of capabilities from our premier EFB provider. This was followed by a presentation from RAAus. Many people had the chance to catch up and share enthusiastically memorable events and stories. An evening meal and guest speaker left all attendees believing that such events are too rarely held and a vote of thanks expressed our collective gratitude for the enormous efforts made by Holbrook Ultralight Club members. Next year hopefully, even more of us will make the trek because this is an event well worth the effort. I overheard at least one observation that it was far more rewarding than Avalon. 6 1 1 3
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